Teen Tech Centers by Best Buy are creating opportunities to make the future better. Every kid deserves to pursue their dreams. With tech, training, and mentoring — anything is possible.

By 2020, Best Buy Teen Tech Centers and tech-ed partners will give 1 million kids a brighter future every year. Access to tech, tools, training and mentoring will change a kid’s life — and help us co-create a good tomorrow.

We’re committed to preparing teens from under-served communities for tech-reliant jobs. Our hope is one day, every young person will have access to all they need to succeed. In the next 10 years — 80% of all jobs will require tech skills. Best Buy Teen Tech Centers help youth + young adults prepare — with hands-on experience with tech:

digital media

robotics

virtual reality

3D printing

sound studio

We’re helping cultivate the next generation of inventors, engineers, and entrepreneurs. And we’re just getting started.

about | Tez likes to tell stories. He is a gifted film-maker who has big dreams to turn his passion into a career. His mentors and the Best Buy Teen Tech Center have helped Tez unleash his creativity + pursue his passion for film — equipping him with the tools to pursue his imagination.

video no. 2 | featurette: Naje — 15 years old

about | Naje sees the world in pictures, and she loves to learn. She is a talented photographer and aspires to be an aerospace engineer. The Best Buy Teen Tech Center gives her the lens — equipping her with tools to grow her passions.

video no. 3 | featurette: Latrell — 17 years old

about | Latrell spends his days writing lyrics. He’s is a gifted writer who aspires to be a musical artist. He’s taking his talents and turning them into reality with the words he writes. Latrell uses the Best Buy Teen Tech Center’s recording studio to set his lyrics to music.

vignettes | the Future Innovators series — by Best BuyYoung people using personal computers to design tomorrow.

video • A | watch
“We’re using our laptops to defy gravity — we created the SM-7 project to help soldiers climb walls.”

video • B | watch
“We’re using our laptops to take robotics to new heights — we created nano-quad-rotors.”